We need a stickied "cool world seed" exchange thread!

[SpaceDorf]

I'm aware, thus this thread.  Both player and staff opinions matter, and the staff reads the forums.

I'm also aware several factors can affect seeds.  That doesn't really say much against the idea of sharing said seeds.  Whether as a subforum or a simple sticky, the actual form of it matters little to me.  There seems to be some confusion here, however, re: how difficult it is to "sticky" a thread; it's not, and is done via a simple toggle in every forum software I've ever seen.  That's NOT the case for setting up an entire subforum!

I'm not even remotely interested in a poll.  If the staff thinks it's a good idea, they'll do it.  If they don't, they won't.  There was no poll for sticky-ing the user art thread, as an easy example.

If anyone has a direct opinion/reason why/why not such a thread is a good or bad idea, great, I want to hear it!  The staff, however, does NOT need gatekeepers to help them do their job .

Your faith in the Staff is amazing. If I remember correctly, it took about a year until the user art thread got stickied on a whim of a mod.

Thats why I suggested a Poll. This would be further proof of demand ( which seems to be there )

To bad with the poll, because answers in this poll could be further proof of demand.
Satisfying Demand equals Customer Satisfaction equals Good Idea for Developer

And finally, this would not be gatekeeping but lobbying for your brainchild and taking the lead in furthering the goal of your supporters.

[Bozobub]

I wasn't aware that they were that slow, so thanks for that and I'll add a poll.  This only emphasizes, however, the likelihood of a sticky over a subforum in my opinion .  I'm still not down, so far, with PMing staff; I do so only when I need actual help, as most forums have nowhere near enough people doing far too much work, as it is.

As for "gatekeepers", however, I was referring directly to AngleWyrm, who has given several...bizarre...reasons for not bothering to ask the question in the 1st place.  I mean, seriously, "supplicant"?!  Save it for someone who cares.  I'm asking a simple, honest question; there's absolutely no reason to be pretentious about it and the evidence of interest is present in the mentioned search.  Take on airs elsewhere, AngleWyrm, if you must do so at all, because *no one* is impressed.

Edit -> Never mind, you apparently can't add a poll after the fact, unless I'm missing something.

[AngleWyrm]

Ask for opinions and you'll likely get what you asked for. I like to think of mine as a captivating enchantment.

[milon]

Your faith in the Staff is amazing. If I remember correctly, it took about a year until the user art thread got stickied on a whim of a mod.

Thats why I suggested a Poll. This would be further proof of demand ( which seems to be there )

It was created at the whim of an admin, and the community showed zero interest in having it stickied.  Also, too many stickies makes them all invisible, so we have to strike a balance there.

Anyone is free to create a poll to get community feedback on anything, but it has to be done at thread creation - unless you're a mod/admin.
@BozoBub, I can add a poll to this thread if you like.  Reply here or via PM and I'll make it happen.

[AngleWyrm]

That there might not be any bad blood or destructive meditations, I offer this: It is simply the value and score system that created what we call being kind to one another, brought to life; a reminder of why it's called a good thing.

[Bozobub]

Put succinctly, "Bite me."  Upon suggestion by other forum members, I searched for other posts from you;  If I wanted to talk to a self-important troll, I'd call or email the White House.  It would greatly help your argument(s) if you left out the "rope trick", where you climb right up your own ass and pull the rope in after you .

@milon:  That would definitely be cool, and thank you.  I'll leave the wording up to you.

[AngleWyrm]

Put succinctly, "Bite me." Already did; you were delicious, thanks

[Bozobub]

Pat yourself on the back all you like, emo troll; your level of satisfaction means nothing to me, either way.  You're done here; push off, if that's all you have.

You should also probably be a bit more careful about admitting to your base furriness.  Did you not realize you'd done so or are you just dumb enough to admit it?  It immediately torpedoes any point or counterpoint you made, of course; nicely done!

[SpaceDorf]

@Bozobub and AngleWyrm : Stop feeding each other.

@Milon Thanks for the Poll. I loved that you stickied A_Friends Gallery :-D
I can't draw shit and have no Scanner or I would post there too.

I VOTED ! I bought my right to complain about anybody else who voted something different

[Bozobub]

You're right, of course.  Self-satisfied gits annoy me, so I like to stick pins in them, but I'll leave it be.

As for sticky vs. subforum, I prefer a sticky but I'm not particularly invested in it.  Mostly, the investment of time and effort is significantly higher, thus making it less likely to happen.  Either way, however, works for me.  It's just meant as a small QoL improvement for the forum, not a major endeavor .

[Ramsis]

Oh man I do love a good slap fight that I'm tempted to push bans for.

Bozo don't post a thread if you can't handle simplistic opinion pushing and thoughts, Angel you've been warned for this kind of thing before... chill.

Also jeez Dorf, we're not slow we are just REALLY HEAVY on checks and balances when it comes to sticky. We tend to do research first before putting something in the limelight.

I don't get it, this thread was made for the right idea but two people have more or less ruined what was a great idea just so they could hit each other. Why? :/

[SpaceDorf]

@Ramsis, I knew you would show up sooner or later
And Sorry, I was using a abbreviaton for saying "the process of getting a thread stickied could take a lot of time"
Also the reason why I was suggesting to Bozobub to push the Idea more.

[carbon]

Personally, I'd prefer not to have a stickied post for seeds, at least not on the general forum. My sense is that only a small subset of forum users would actually make use of it and it would fairly quickly become obsolete (due to map generation updates) unless its OP were really dedicated to it (unlikely in practice over the long term).

I don't know how much the "Stories" subforum currently gets used/read as is, but it might be reasonable to make it a "Stories and Challenges" subforum; a repository for sharing various types of in-game experiences. If that were the case, I could see a stickied seeds post being appropriate there.

[SpaceDorf]

So bump, becauso of self interest, how is the public oppinion on this at the moment ?

[AngleWyrm]

I don't get it, this thread was made for the right idea but two people have more or less ruined what was a great idea just so they could hit each other. Why? Since you've asked a question, I shall supply an answer. Exploration of the motive behind why the thread was created revealed properties that aren't consistent with the phrase made for the right idea. Since I would require something more than an assertion if presented with that statement, here then is my evidence: Little concern for whether seeds generate the same world, a prerequisite for the motive to collect them. World engineering is about the creation of motives and the way they move things about. Motives are part environment and part historical development, and it is usually a rather amusing catastrophe when they are considered personal property.